Militants Gun Down Cop Outside Chrar-e-Sharif Shrine In Budgam

A policeman was killed on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district, after a group of suspected militants attacked a police post near the Charar-i-Sharief shrine, PTI reported.

The SSP of Budgam Tejinder Singh told media in Srinagar that the attackers fired upon sentry post outside the shrine.

"In the incident, the sentry suffered injuries and has been hospitalized", SSP had said.

A policeman, Kultar Singh, sustained injuries in the firing and was shifted to a hospital where he died, the official added. Reports said that the attackers also decamped with a service rifle of the policeman. Security forces have cordoned off the area but no one has been detained as yet.